guilty pleasures?

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Ever have a name just stick to you that's completely not your style, but you just LOVE it? Despite the classic choices on my lists for boys (Walter, Charles) and girls (Helena, Grace, Kate), there are names I absolutely love that couldn't be farther away from my style. Dated, trendy, even unisex! But I still love them, despite myself. Alas! =D



GIRLS
Bailey - I admit to loving this for a girl despite my general hatred of boys names for girls. I like it as a boys name too, I just think it has such a nice sound to it, and I find it to have a sort of a tomboyish quality rather than being super masculine.
Gray - This is probably my worst, because I seriously love it enough to use it, though I'd never let myself. (Maybe as a middle name. Doesn't Helena Gray sound pretty? =p) I love this name just as much for a boy.
Sally - a direct result of my love of Peanuts, I've always loved the name Sally. I think it's sweet and strong, and although most people think of it as dated, I just think it's pretty.
Linney - I was lamenting to a friend that the name Laura, which I think is very pretty, doesn't work very well in Hebrew at all (Lo Ra means 'not bad'), and she humorously suggested that I just name the kid Linney instead. Now I'm obsessed; hopefully it'll pass soon.
Kayla - not such a sin, I don't think, except that it really is SO popular. I like it best as a nickname for Michaela, though--no unique spellings.

BOYS
Lander - a person I'd very much like to honour by naming a child after him is named Yehoshua Englander. I don't like Yehoshua, or the English version, Joshua, but I have this weird obsession with surnames as given names for boys, and Englander sounded nice. It took about two days for me to fall in love with the nickname, Lander. This is also a name I like well enough to use.
Archer - people become absolutely furious with me when I mention this name, for some reason, but I absolutely LOVE it. I think it has such a strong sound to it, but most people imply that the kid will get pummeled at preschool.
Keaton
Anderson
Merritt
Wilder
--the direct result of my passion for surnames mentioned above. I know.


Haha. It feels good to get it off my chest. =D

Comments

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

my guilty pleasure name is Riley for a girl.
And also India, which is considered a bit down market here in the UK, but i love it!.
Btw i really like Bailey on a girl, i like it for either sex

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I like Riley for a girl too, though not as much as Bailey.

I've always liked the name Gemma a lot and was then told it's considered "down market" as well, so I was sad. Someone from the UK should really make a list of names that are considered posh and named that are considered, well, less posh, in the UK. It'd be really interesting. (Is Helena considered down market? PLEASE SAY NO.)

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

I'm in love with the names Orion and Brennan for boys, but I'd never use them because there's not my style at all. All of my girls' names tend to be pretty similar, though.

I really like Archer and Lander for boys as well as Merritt and Wilder. I'm a huge fan of surnames for boys, too, my favorites being Walker and Wallace (both Wally for short).

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I'd say Gemma's middle class here, i wouldnt say its down market.
Lol, no the only helena's i know are posh! I don't hear that name that often really though.
Ok the names i think are posh (this is only my opinion though) are: Frances, Victoria, Georgina, Eleanor (prn. El-eh-NOR, as opposed to El-uh-nuh), George, Henry, Elliot. Umm thats all the posh names i can think of right now lol.
And names i think are not posh are: Jade, India (ughh and i love it so much lol), Chantelle, Mackenzie, Makenna, Josh (its not down market its just SO popular), Brooklyn (yeah i know a couple of boys named this, ew.) and i cant think of anymore boy names!

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I think Walker is a great name.

For girls, these are all named I'd probably use as middle names, if anything; I like the sound of Helena Gray and Katherine Linney, for example, though I don't think I'd ever use them as given names. With the boys, I can definitely see a kid of mine named Wilder or Archer, but I might be forced to not use it, haha. A lot of people REALLY dislike the surnames as given names thing and I can't understand why.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

my guilty pleasure name is mikaeli for a girl, pronounced mi-kay-lee. i adore it.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

I don't understand it either! Some of them are really cool names. I know these two little boys whose family is INCREDIBLY Irish and their first names are Brennan and O'Riley. I LOVE it. :)

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Yay! Helena's safe!

I actually know three sisters named Eleanor, Victioria and Georgiana (not Georgina though), they're British. And I think they're pretty posh, haha. I HATE the name Brooklyn so much though. Sad that it's getting so popular.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

That's SO pretty too. Ah!

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I love it too! For me, pretty much any surname works for boys. Really. I'm running a list in my head of everyone I know and their surnames... I wouldn't like all of them but they'd all be acceptable first names to me!

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

i don't mind it for a GIRL lol, i mean it's almost 2 girl names together Brooke and Lyn. But since David beckham called his son brooklyn..it seems everyone else thinks its a great name for a boy ugh

[namegirl.livejournal.com]

I know a Mikaeli or some spelling of that :D She's my neighbour's daughter.

[pregosaurus.livejournal.com]

I Have a Peanuts name too... Linus. I love Linus!

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

Bailey to me is a girl's name. Simply because the only Bailey I've ever known was a girl. Bailey for a boy sounds really feminine to me. *shrugs*

I love the name Gray for a boy (Grayson) but it works really well as a middle name for a girl, I think. Not as a first name, though.

My aunt is named Sally, therefore I like it--but I wouldn't name my child that. Maybe a cat. Haha.

Linney is SO cute! It's kind of like saying Lynn-y or something. I like it.

Kayla is my cousin's name, but I'm not a huge fan of it. I wouldn't name my kid that. That being said, my middle name is Kay... sooo yeah.

Lander is cute, but I like Landon better. That's my brother and dad's middle name. And the name of my great-great grandpa.

Archer is cute. I wouldn't use it, but it's cute. It reminds me of Hunter, though...

Keaton isn't half bad. I like Anderson and Wilder, but wouldn't name my kids that, either. Merritt is.. I can't decide if I like it for a boy or for a girl.

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

P.S. I like surnames for first names, too.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I LOVE Linus. I'd definitely use Linus, too, but I don't even see it as a guilty pleasure, cause it's so nice. I couldn't name my kids Sally, Charlie and Linus though, that'd be WAY too weird. Haha.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I love Gray for a boy too, and Grayson, but I think it's SO pretty as a middle name for a girl. I wouldn't use it as a first name either, but I think it makes every name sound so nice, and I just love it. Linney too. Now I'm just pairing all my favourite names up with Linney and Gray as middle names, haha! Well, middle names is the place to go wild.

Why does Archer remind you of Hunter? Just the sound?

I love Landon too. It's so strong.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[pregosaurus.livejournal.com]

Sally, Charlie and Linus would be a bit much! If this baby is a boy the first name is definately Calvin, and I am working on Linus for the middle name... My husband does not like Linus! I just have to keep refering to the baby as Calvin Linus... then it will grow on him.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

I think Calvin Linus is a WONDERFUL names. I love Cal as a nickname, too.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

PS- I've never EVER met a girl named Bailey, but I know... 4 boys named it. But it does sound feminine to me, must be the -ley- sound in it...

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

Zachary. I adore the name, but it's so un-unique compared to my other names

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

OH, Okay, I just got the Archer thing! I'm stupid, haha. Yes, that's true, although... it's slightly different. I hope I didn't hurt your feelings or anythign about Hunter's name, I do like the name a LOT, I just don't like hunting, and the name Hunter obviously reminds me of hunting even though it's a really nice name. Is what I meant. I guess Archer is similar, you're right.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

Aw, I have a student named Zachary, he's great. It's a positive name to me.

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

Well, an archer is a person who hunts with a bow and arrow. That's the exact definiton at m-w.com: a person who uses a bow and arrow. So that's why. :)